<p>Howdy,</p>
<p>I am a freshman national merit scholar here at A&M and I think I can help clarify a few things. </p>
<p>First, for honors scholarship holders, the cost of out of state tuition is waived and you pay in-state tuition. (Source: [Freshman</a> Scholarships | Honors Programs | Texas A&M University<a href=“At%20the%20bottom”>/url</a>)</p>
<p>Secondly, the $38,000 that all national merit finalists receive will be supplemented with either a $10,000 or a $12,000 scholarship (The Lechner/McFadden or President’s Endowed Scholarships, respectively) (Source: [url=<a href=“Honors - LAUNCH”>Honors - LAUNCH]National</a> Merit | Honors Programs | Texas A&M University](<a href=“Honors - LAUNCH”>Honors - LAUNCH)) (Also the Lechner/McFadden and President’s Endowed Scholarships are mentioned on the first link I posted)</p>
<p>I don’t know a single person who is a national merit scholar here who doesn’t have either the $10,000 or $12,000 scholarship mentioned at the top of that page, so those are basically guaranteed.</p>
<p>This brings the total amount of scholarships you will earn (besides small ones such as departmental ones (generally around 1,000/yr)) to around $50,000. All of this money is broken up and awarded semester by semester. With the cost of attendance for instate people being around $20,000 per year for everything, your scholarship should pay for at least 2.5 years of school, plus or minus some depending on how frugal you are. So estimating that you need an additional $30,000 for all four years here, over 8 semesters the cost per semester comes out to ABOUT $3750 for everything.</p>
<p>Hope this helps! If you have any more questions, just ask.</p>